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9:30am-10:00am |
Registration |
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| 10:00am-10:10am |
Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Sri Zaheer, Associate Dean, University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management
- Dick Hemmingsen, Director, Institute on the Environment's Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment
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| 10:10am-11:00am |
Panel 1: Everyday Actions towards Energy Efficiency
- Leo Raudys, Senior Director for Environmental Affairs, Best Buy Co., Inc.
- Lee Gabler, Director of Energy Efficiency Marketing, Xcel Energy
- Mark Blaiser, Executive Director of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce's Waste Wise Program (MN Waste Wise delivers strategic environmental consulting to help businesses save money through waste reduction)
- Sheldon Strom, Executive Director, Minnesota Center for Energy and the Environment
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| 11:00am-11:10am |
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar |
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| 11:10am-11:40am |
Keynote address by Cathy Zoi, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy |
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| 11:40am-12:30pm |
Lunch |
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| 12:30pm-1:20pm |
Panel II—
Made in Minnesota: Energy Efficient Products
- Michael Roman, Vice President and General Manager, Renewable Energy Division, 3M
- Steve Tourek, Senior Vice President, Marvin Windows
- Steve VanTassel, CEO, Packet Power (produces a management system to reduce data center power consumption)
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| 1:20pm-1:30pm |
Break |
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| 1:30pm-2:20pm |
Panel III—Energy Efficiency and Policy Making
- Gilbert Sperling, Program Manager, Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
- Minnesota State Senator Ellen Anderson, Chair, Senate Finance Committee—Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Budget Division
- Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin, Chair, Hennepin County Public Works, Energy & Environment Committee
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| 2:20pm-2:30pm |
Closing Remarks by U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar |
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